By Richard Bammer

The idea of a busy Solano County road closure that will make things better in the long run may do little in the way of easing headaches in the short run, especially for drivers wanting to go south from — or north to — Vacaville, or to and from Travis Air Force Base or Fairfield.

But a city of Fairfield official, seeing a future outcome, looks on the bright side of a nearly two-year project that will require a 14-month closing of Peabody Road, between Vanden Road and Huntington Drive, just south of Vacaville.

“We’re going to have a little bit of pain in the beginning, so be patient,” Tom Martian, construction manager for the city of Fairfield, said about the pending closure of that stretch of Peabody, a heavily used arterial for thousands of county residents every day.

via A stretch of Peabody Road will close for 14 months, starting in June.